The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-12-08

forgive that man the wrong he did me
about that house and lot; will forgive
that man who overreached me in bar
gain; will forgive that man who sold
me a shoddy overcoat; forgive them
all but one That man 1 cannot forgive.
The villain-I can hardly keep my hands
off of him. If my going to heaven de-
pends on my forgiving him, then l will
stay out" Wrong feeling! If a man lie
to me once am not called to trust him
again. If a man betray me once | am
not called to put confidence in him again.
But | would have no rest if l could not
offer a sincere prayer for the temporal and
everlasting welfare of all men, whatever
meanness and outrage they have inflicted
upon me. If you want to get your heart
right strike match and burn up all your
old grudges, and blow the ashes away
eff you forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your heavenly Father forgive
you your trespasses. An old Christian
black woman was going along the streets
of New York with a basket of apples
that she had for sale. A rough sailor ran
against her and upset the basket, and
stood back expecting to hear her scold
frightfully; but she stopped down and
picked up the apples, and said: ''God
forgive you, my son, as | do" The sail
or saw the meanness of what he had
done and felt in his pocket for his money,
and insisted that she should take it all.
Though she was black, he called her
mother, and said: 'sForgive me, mother;
/ will never do anything so mean again"
All! there is power in forgiving spirit
to overcome all hardness. There is no
way of conquering men like that of be-
slowing upon them your pardon, whether
they will accept it or not.
Again, a right heart is an expectant
heart. 1t is poor business to be build
ing castles in the air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don't spoil your comfort i'll
the small house because you expect a
larger one. Don't fret about your in
come when it is So or 81 per day, because
you expect to have after while $40 per
day; or $4,000, because you expect it to
be $50, 900 year. But about heavenly
things, the more we think the better.
Those castles are not In the air, but on
the hills and we have a deed of them in
our possession. like to see q man all
full of heaven. He talks heaven. He
rnS heaven. He prays heaven. He
dreams heaven. Some of us in orK sleep
have had the good place open to US. We
saw the pinnacles in the sky. We heard
the click of the hoofs of the white horses
on which victors rode, and the clapping
of the cymbals of eternal triumph. And
while in our sleep we were glad that all
O11Y- I-Nyxrc, hr1t
with the throne of God grew whittier,
whittier and winter, till we opened oul
eyes and saw that it was only the sun of
the earthly morning shining on our
pillow. To have a right heart you need
to be filled with this expectancy. 1t
would make your privations and annoy
ances more bearable.
In the midst of the city of Paris stands,
or did stand statue of the good, but
broken hearted Josephine. l never imag
med that marble could be smitten into
such tenderness. 1t seems not Gfeless.
If the spirit of Josephine be disentaber-
nacled the soul of the empress has taken
possession of this figure. / am not yet
| satisfied that it is stone. The puff of the
! dress on the arm seems to need but the
| pressure of the finger to indent it. The
| figure at the bottom Of the robe, the ruff
| fle at the neck, the fur lining on the dress,
| the embroidery of the satin, the cluster
| Of lily and leaf and rose in her hand, the
poise of her body as she seems to come
sailing out of the sky, her face calm,
/ humble, beautiful, but yet sad--attest
the genius of the sculptor and the beauty
| of the heroine he celebrates. Looking up
| through the riffs of the coronet that en-
circles her brow, could see the sky be-
yond, the great heavens where all wo-
mans wrongs shall be righted, and the
story of endurance and resignation shall
be told to all the ages. The rose and the
lily i'll the hand of Josephine will never
drop their petals. The children of God,
whether they suffer on earth, in palaces,
OF i'll novels, shall come to that glorious
rest, oh heaven, sweet heaven! at thy
gate we set down all our burdens and
griefs. The place will be full. Here
there are vacant chairs at the hearth, and
at the table, but there are no vacant
chairs in heaven. The crowns all worn
the thrones all mounted.
Some talk of heaven as though it We're
a very handsome church, where a few
favored spirits would come in and sit
down on finely cushioned seats all by
themselves, and sing psalms to all eternity.
I No, no. q saw great multitude that
no man could number, standing before
the throne. He that talked with me had
golden reed to measure the city, and it
was 10000 furlongs" is, 1900
miles in circumference. All! heaven is
not little colony, at one corner of God S
dominion, where mans entrance de-
pends upon what kind of clothes he has
on his back, and how much money he has
in his purseg but vast empire. God grant
that the light of that blessed world may
shine upon us in our last moment.
The toughest time we had in crossing
I the ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool
: harbor. We arrived at nightfall, and
were obliged to lie there till the morning,
waiting for the rise Of the tide, before we
could go up TO the city. How the vessel
pitched and writhed in the water! Sc
sometimes the last illness of the Christian
is struggle. He is almost through the
voyage. The waves of temptation toss
his soul, but he waits for the morning
At last the light dawns, and the tides ol
Joy rise in bis soul, and he sails up anG
casts anchor within the veil.
Is thy hearr right? What question car
compare with this in importance?
1t is a business question. Do you moi
realize that you viii soon have to go oul
Of that store that you will soon have ts
resign that partnership, that soon among
all the millions Of dollars worth of good.
that are sold in New York you will no
have the handling of a yard of cloth, o.
pound of sugar, or pennyworth o1
anything. that soon, if confiagratioI
should start at Central park and SWEEP
everything to the Battery, it would no
disturb you; that soon, if every cashier
should abscond and every insurance com
pany should fail, it would not affect you
What are the questions that stop this sid
the grave compared with the questions
that reach beyond it? Are you making
losses that are to be everlasting? Ar
you making purchases for eternity? Ar
you jobbing foT time when you might b
! wholeSaling for eternity? What question
of the store is so broad at the base, ant